Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dragon-fly.
  • noun The night-hawk, a caprimulgine bird, Chordeiles popetue, or some other species of the same genus.

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  • noun US, regional A dragonfly.

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  • noun mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
  • noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

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